450 Malvern Rd, Prahran
Phone 03 9510 2528
The definition of the verb kazaru is ‘to decorate, to adorn’, which offers clue to the concept of Kazari Collectibles; a contemporary and traditional gallery space that showcases some amazing Japanese and Asian inspired works. So what does this have to do with food? Well, at the [...]
380 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Phone 03 9642 4934
It’s all smiley faces at this quirky new dining concept. Take one sushi train conveyer belt and mix it up with a bank of bubbling hot pots. Shake it all about and stuff it into the hallway of a multi-story car park. Garnish with a facelift and plate with [...]
Main Gaming Floor - Crown Casino
Phone 03 9292 6885
Shò Noodle Bar is the latest attraction wowing punters (literally) on the Main Gaming Floor at Crown Casino. We’d scored an invite care of the media relations department, and whilst I’d ummed and ahhed about attending (you know, we bloggers can be rather philosophical things), the allure [...]
A few weeks ago EG and I had an extremely memorable long weekend away in the Victorian Alpine region. Memorable not only for the amazing food we ate, wine we drank, place we stayed at and views we admired. But memorable for the fact that EG proposed! Yes…that’s right. I am the soon-to-be Mrs.Gourmand!
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I have written about Shoya before (refer here and here), but this is the spring rall (sic) of scampi which is part of the matsu special lunch set ($33). Inside the spring roll wrapping is a de-shelled butterflied scampi stuffed with a delicate mix of pork mince and fragrant herbs. An ume and mentaiko mayonnaise adds [...]
